Heroes of Might and Magic: Knight Chapter 21: Piaoxuecheng and Linte

Piaoxue City is located in the southernmost part of Northland, close to the intersection of Daling River and Xiaoling River.

The two rivers originating in the snowy mountains of the far north flowed through the vast ironwood forest and then through the Hunter Territory, and finally met again to become the Jinlong River that ran through the empire. To the south it merges into the endless sea.

This city located on the north-south transportation thoroughfare is well-deserved to be the first city in the North. The 9-foot-high city wall, the rows of street houses, and the endless shouts and laughter on the street all tell the story. The majestic prosperity of Piaoxue City.

At the gate of Piaoxue City, civilians coming in and out and caravans traveling to and from trade lined up waiting for inspection by the guards.

Piaoxue City is located at the southern end of the Northland, where the rivers converge. It can be said to be an important transportation hub, whether it is the timber merchants selling iron wood in the north, the iron ore merchants in the west, or even the sea pearls mined in the south. , all gathered here.

"Old man, I heard that there is a conflict between two lords on the edge of the Ironwood Forest in the north."

"No, it caused me to be delayed for more than ten days this time, otherwise this batch of goods would have been shipped to the royal capital."

Two familiar businessmen met at the city gate and chatted while waiting.

"Which two families are fighting will win."

"I heard that the Hunter family won."

"Hunter family?" Another businessman obviously had never heard of this family's name.

After all, there are more than a hundred lords in the North. Every ten years, there will always be a few who will no longer have knights to inherit the title and disappear from the noble list. If you don't pay attention, who can remember each family clearly? .

"Ham, a small family next to Ironwood Forest actually built an Ironwood City in the past few years. Now when we go to collect timber, some of the goods we brought there can be sold directly in the city, which is a bit more convenient. ."

Of course, these merchants who purchase timber cannot go to the far north with empty trucks to collect timber. They always have to bring some goods from other places to sell along the way.

"This Northland is a bit chaotic now. More and more nobles have used swords in the past two years, and even knights have died a lot. I wouldn't have dared to think about it a few years ago."

"What kind of chaos is this? It's just a small quarrel among some country nobles. Whether or not there will be chaos in the North depends on what he says." As he said this, the businessman extended his thumb to The three characters "Piaoxue City" on the city tower point to each other.

"That's right, we don't have to worry about it so much, just make a living and eat."

"Next, hurry up." The soldiers at the city gate were a little impatient when no one came forward.

"Coming, coming."

"When this batch of goods is shipped out, let's have a drink in the city."

As he said that, he hurriedly led the horse and pulled the goods towards the city gate.

The conversation between the two businessmen all showed their awe for Piaoxue City. The strength of Piaoxue City is also the consensus of all Northlanders.

The Lanster family of the Northland Marquis is the owner of Piaoxue City. Although the current head of the family, Wade Lanster, is eighty years old, he is a real master of the knight level.

Among the four sons, except for the youngest who was born too weak to practice, the eldest son and the second son are both masters of the knight level. The third son has also reached the peak level of a quasi-knight. The eldest son is rumored to have entered the great knight level. People look sideways.

The various branches of the Lanster family are also full of talents, and there are at least more than twenty knights in total. Small nobles like the Will family and the previous Hunter family rarely produce a knight in each generation, and they often worry about the succession of the title. The Lanster family has at least nearly thirty knights, not to mention a grand knight. Such a master who is like a sea-fixing needle.

There are nearly 100,000 soldiers under the command of Piaoxue City called the Jingbei Army. These are not the kind of peasant soldiers who train several times a year, but professional soldiers who are in the camp all year round. Their combat effectiveness is different. They are Piaoxue Army. Syracuse has the confidence to dominate.

In terms of high-end combat power, the Lanster family has more than 20 knight-level masters. Coupled with a large number of landless knights who have taken refuge in the Lanster family, there are hundreds of knight-level warriors under Piaoxue City. It can be said that half of the knights in the entire Northland have gathered under the banner of Lanster's Snow Wolf.

As for the quasi-knights, there are countless of them. There are thousands of them serving in the Jingbei Army. They are nothing at all and can only serve as grassroots officers.

It can be said that the Lanster family is the local emperor of the North. As long as they don't rebel, no one can control them.

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At this time, in a gorgeous mansion in Piaoxue City, a young man dressed in luxurious brocade clothes was tinkering with several tea sets on the table, as if he was about to brew something.

A middle-aged man wearing light armor stood respectfully.

"Master Lint, this is the gift list sent by the Hunter family. Please take a look at it."

The young man put down the tea set in his hand and looked through the gift list casually.

"Huo, it's quite valuable, not something that a small nobleman like this can afford."

"Tell me, what do they want?" Of course such an expensive gift is not given in vain.

The subordinate next to him briefly explained the matter to Lint.

After hearing this, Lin Te showed an expression of interest.

"Sander, what do you think?"

"Being bold and ambitious."

"Hahaha, it's not easy to make Sander say such things."

"Tell me, will I help you with this or not?"

"It's all up to the young master."

Although Sander saw through Richard's operation, he actually didn't pay much attention to it. After all, from the perspective of Piaoxue City, the fight between the Hunter and Will families was like two groups of ants trying to grab a little bit. Bread crumbs accidentally dropped on the ground are like fighting.

On the contrary, Lint read something unusual from simple things.

"It's interesting to attack more with less and defeat the enemy later."

"Sander, go get me all the information about the Hunter family." Lint hesitated for a few seconds and ordered to Sander who was standing aside.

"It's the young master."

Lint's full name is Lint Lanster. He is the fourth young master of the Lanster family and the youngest son of Marquis Wade. Although he was frail since childhood and was isolated from the path of knighthood, he relied on Lanster's identity and intelligence. He has run the largest chamber of commerce in the North with his own mind, recruited a group of subordinates, and weaved an intelligence network covering the North. He is definitely not a useless person in the eyes of most people.

"Master, all the information related to the Hunter family is here. The latest one is the battle between them and the Will family a month ago."

"Yes," Lin Te responded, then immersed himself in reading it carefully.

Due to the limited information dissemination speed of the times, it is normal for some less important information to be delayed for a month.

The more Lin Te looked, the tighter his frown became, and he unconsciously muttered to himself.

"Granting fields, building cities, military exploits, powerful peasants and soldiers, reforming the tax system, and ingenious equipment."

While Lint was talking, he was drawing something with a pen. Finally, he placed the pen on the table and fell into thinking for a long time.

After a period of silence, Lin Te slowly raised his eyebrows.

"Sander, help him this time and do as he asks."

"Also, in the future, the importance of the information about the Hunter family and Richard will be changed to Level 1."

"Even if the Hunter Territory annexes the Will Territory, it will only be a small noble with hundreds of thousands of people. Is it necessary?"

When the intelligence importance level is adjusted to level one, the investment in collecting relevant information will increase exponentially. It seems that such a large investment is not worth the gain to target a small person in Sander's eyes.

Lint did not show anger because of Sander's doubts, but instead showed a certain amount of patience towards his confidants.

"Sander, do you know what I saw in the intelligence?"

"Master, please clarify."

"It's a change. In this static and slowly decaying kingdom, a little change gives me hope."

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